1710 Naval Air Squadron is a support organisation based in HM Naval Base Portsmouth that is tasked with the recovery, repair, modification and scientific support of UK military aviation. It was formed on 27 May 2010 by combining the existing Mobile Aircraft Repair Transport and Salvage Unit (MARTSU), Mobile Aircraft Support Unit (MASU), Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory (NAML) and other smaller units.

The squadron is currently organised into three sections, the first has thirteen teams that repair and recover British military helicopters and unmanned air systems worldwide. The second, Service Modification, designs, manufactures and fits urgent operational and safety modifications to front line helicopters, the third, Materials and Monitoring, provides technical and scientific support to British military and commercial aviation.

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United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state‍—‌the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland, with an area of 242,500 square kilometres, the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants, together, this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6 February 1952, other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the regions of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. The United Kingdom consists of four countries—England, Scotland, Wales, the last three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time, Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, there are fourteen British Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a country and has the worlds fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. The UK is considered to have an economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index. It was the worlds first industrialised country and the worlds foremost power during the 19th, the UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 and it has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor, the European Economic Community, since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a referendum on the UKs membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved self-government

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Fleet Air Arm
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The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King, and AgustaWestland Wildcat helicopters, helicopters such as the Lynx and Westland Wasp have been deployed on smaller vessels since 1964, taking over the roles once performed by biplanes such as the Fairey Swordfish. During the Second World War, the Fleet Air Arm operated aircraft on ships as well as land-based aircraft that defended the Royal Navys shore establishments, British naval flying started in 1909, with the construction of an airship for naval duties. The Naval Wing of the RFC lasted until July 1914 when the Royal Navy reformed its air branch, under the Air Department of the Admiralty, naming it the Royal Naval Air Service. By the outbreak of the First World War, in August 1914, the RNAS had more aircraft under its control than the remaining RFC. In April 1918 the RNAS, which at this time had 67,000 officers and men,2,949 aircraft,103 airships and 126 coastal stations, merged with the RFC to form the Royal Air Force. On 1 April 1924, the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force was formed, encompassing those RAF units that normally embarked on aircraft carriers, over the following months RAF Fleet Air Arm Fairey IIID reconnaissance biplanes operated off Hermes, conducting flying trials. On 24 May 1939 the Fleet Air Arm was returned to Admiralty control under the Inskip Award, at the onset of the Second World War, the Fleet Air Arm consisted of 20 squadrons with only 232 aircraft. By the end of the war the strength of the Fleet Air Arm was 59 aircraft carriers,3,700 aircraft,72,000 officers and men. During the war, the FAA operated fighters, torpedo bombers, following the Dunkirk evacuation and the commencement of the Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force soon found itself critically short of fighter pilots. In the summer of 1940, the RAF had little more than 800 fighter pilots, with this desperate situation the RAF was forced to call upon the Admiralty for Fleet Air Arm assistance. The aircraft carrier had replaced the battleship as the Fleets capital ship, the top scoring fighter ace with 17 victories was Commander Stanley Orr, the Royal Marine ace was Ronald Cuthbert Hay with 13 victories. A number of Royal Marines served as FAA pilots during the war, after the war the FAA needed to fly jet aircraft from their carriers. The jet aircraft of the era were considerably less effective at low speeds than propeller aircraft, the FAA took on its first jet, the Sea Vampire, in the late 1940s. The Sea Vampire was the first jet credited with taking off, the Air Arm continued with high-powered prop aircraft alongside the new jets resulting in the FAA being woefully outpowered during the Korean War. Nevertheless, jets were not yet wholly superior to propeller aircraft, as jets became larger, more powerful and faster they required more space to take off and land. The US Navy simply built much larger carriers, the Royal Navy had a few large carriers built and completed after the end of the war but another solution was sought. An associated British invention, intended to more precise optical guidance to aircraft on final approaching the deck, was the Fresnel lens optical landing aid

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Royal Navy
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The Royal Navy is the United Kingdoms naval warfare force. Although warships were used by the English kings from the medieval period. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century, from the middle decades of the 17th century and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century it was the worlds most powerful navy until surpassed by the United States Navy during the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing the British Empire as the world power during the 19th. Due to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, following World War I, the Royal Navy was significantly reduced in size, although at the onset of the Second World War it was still the worlds largest. By the end of the war, however, the United States Navy had emerged as the worlds largest, during the Cold War, the Royal Navy transformed into a primarily anti-submarine force, hunting for Soviet submarines, mostly active in the GIUK gap. The Royal Navy is part of Her Majestys Naval Service, which includes the Royal Marines. The professional head of the Naval Service is the First Sea Lord, the Defence Council delegates management of the Naval Service to the Admiralty Board, chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence. The strength of the fleet of the Kingdom of England was an important element in the power in the 10th century. English naval power declined as a result of the Norman conquest. Medieval fleets, in England as elsewhere, were almost entirely composed of merchant ships enlisted into service in time of war. Englands naval organisation was haphazard and the mobilisation of fleets when war broke out was slow, early in the war French plans for an invasion of England failed when Edward III of England destroyed the French fleet in the Battle of Sluys in 1340. Major fighting was confined to French soil and Englands naval capabilities sufficed to transport armies and supplies safely to their continental destinations. Such raids halted finally only with the occupation of northern France by Henry V. Henry VII deserves a large share of credit in the establishment of a standing navy and he embarked on a program of building ships larger than heretofore. He also invested in dockyards, and commissioned the oldest surviving dry dock in 1495 at Portsmouth, a standing Navy Royal, with its own secretariat, dockyards and a permanent core of purpose-built warships, emerged during the reign of Henry VIII. Under Elizabeth I England became involved in a war with Spain, the new regimes introduction of Navigation Acts, providing that all merchant shipping to and from England or her colonies should be carried out by English ships, led to war with the Dutch Republic. In the early stages of this First Anglo-Dutch War, the superiority of the large, heavily armed English ships was offset by superior Dutch tactical organisation and the fighting was inconclusive

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HMNB Portsmouth
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Her Majestys Naval Base, Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Navy. Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth, it is located on the shore of Portsmouth Harbour, north of the Solent. Until the early 1970s it was known as Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. The base is home to one of the oldest dry docks in the world, the base is also home to a number of commercial shore activities, naval logistics, accommodation and messing, and personnel support functions provided by Defence Equipment and Support. The base is the oldest in the Royal Navy and it has been an important part of the Senior Services history, at one time it was the largest industrial site in the world. Around the year 2000, the designation HMS Nelson was extended to cover the entire base, the base commander since October 2012 is Commodore Jeremy Rigby. QHM Harbour Control is based in the Semaphore Tower building, shipping movements are handled by a team of admiralty pilots headed by the Chief Admiralty Pilot, Anthony Bannister. Portsmouth naval base is home to two-thirds of the Royal Navys surface ships and it allows members of the public to visit important maritime attractions such as Mary Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior. The new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers will eventually be based in Portsmouth, in total some 17,300 people work in the base. Until 2012 the Second Sea Lord as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command flew his flag from HMS Victory, since then, the post of Commander-in-Chief has reverted to the First Sea Lord. HMS Victory, Nelsons flagship at Trafalgar, which is open to the public HMS Warrior. HMS M33, a World War I monitor The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, boathouse 5 is being refurbished as a new orientation and ticketing facility. The Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust is seeking to extend the area of the Historic Dockyard to cover Dry Docks 4 and 5, along with Woolwich, Deptford, Chatham and Plymouth, Portsmouth has been one of the main Royal Navy Dockyards or Bases throughout its history. The first recorded dry dock in the world was built in Portsmouth by Henry VII in 1495, the first warship built here was the Sweepstake of 1497, of more significance were the carracks Mary Rose of 1509 and Peter Pomegranate of 1510—both were rebuilt here in 1536. The wreck of the Mary Rose, is on display in a purpose built museum, a fourth Tudor warship was the galleass Jennett, built in 1539 and enlarged as a galleon in 1558. The appointment of one Thomas Jermyn as Keeper of the Dock at Portsmouth is recorded in 1526, there are no on-site remains of the Tudor Dock and Yard. Naval shipbuilding at Portsmouth recommenced under the English Commonwealth, the first ship being the eponymous Fourth-rate frigate Portsmouth launched in 1650, a new double dry dock was built by the Commonwealth government in 1656. As France began to more of a military threat to England

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700 Naval Air Squadron
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700 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of aircraft in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. Initial equipment comprised 42 Walruses together with 11 Seafoxes and 12 Swordfishes, on 21 June 1940, a Walrus of 700 Squadron on the cruiser HMS Manchester found the German battleship Scharnhorst but Manchester did not engage. The submarine was damaged and forced to surrender, and later scuttled off the Gulf of Guinea, the crew of Petty Officer P H Parsons, Sub Lt A D Corkhill and N A Evans were all awarded gallantry medals. 700 NAS was disbanded in March 1944, pilots transferring into 771 Naval Air Squadron,700 NAS re-emerged in August 1955 as a Fleet Requirements unit and from 1957 was based out of RNAS Lee-on-Solent to introduce the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7. Westland Wessex HAS.1 700Z NAS 1961-63, RNAS Lossiemouth, Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 700V NAS 1963-64, Westland Wessex HU.5 700W NAS 1963-64, RNAS Lossiemouth, Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 700H NAS 1967-. In October 1960 flight tests of landing and take-offs from HMS Vengeance with 27 launchings of the turboprop Fairey Gannet and 34 with the Hawker Sea Hawk,700 NAS disbanded again at RNAS Yeovilton in July 1961. However, a number of Intensive Flying Trials Units were subsequently formed under the 700 NAS title and these operated as independent units, each being identified by a suffix letter after the squadron number. More recently, the squadron was re-commissioned at RNAS Culdrose in December 1998 as 700M Squadron, 700M disbanded on 31 March 2008, transferring its aircraft and personnel to 824 Naval Air Squadron and also forming a new flight,824 OEU. The squadron reformed again as 700W NAS in May 2009 at Yeovilton as the Lynx Wildcat Fielding Squadron, 700W expects to receive up to five Wildcats from January 2013 for operational evaluation and conversion training. The squadron was disbanded in July 2014 when it was merged with 702 NAS to form 825 Naval Air Squadron and it was subsequently reformed as 700X NAS to undertake RPAS trials, and to act as a parent unit for the various ship-based flights operating the Insitu Scan Eagle UAV. The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm, helicopter History of 700 Squadron 700X Naval Air Squadron at Royal Navy. mod. uk

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703 Naval Air Squadron
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703 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy was formed as a long-range catapult squadron on 3 March 1942 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent. During the Cold War, it was reformed as a trials unit. Since 2003, the squadron has formed the Royal Naval wing of the Defence Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Barkston Heath. On 3 March 1942,703 Naval Air Squadron was formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent as a long-range catapult squadron flying Fairey Swordfish, flights were deployed in Armed Merchant Cruisers for patrolling duties. The squadron also operated three Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft from an airfield in South Africa, on 1 May 1944, the squadron was disbanded. In April 1950, the moved to RAF Ford, and was renamed the Service Trials Unit. At Ford it experimented with British innovations in aircraft operations, including the mirror landing aid. New aircraft types were evaluated, and 703 NAS conducted trials on the Fairey Gannet AS1. In August 1955,703 NAS and 771 NAS amalgamated to form 700 Naval Air Squadron. On 22 January 1972,703 NAS was re-formed at RNAS Portland to conduct training on the Westland Wasp, including from February 1975 advanced training, on 1 January 1981, after 9 years of training aircrew on the Wasp, the squadron was disbanded. In 1993, the RAF and RN Elementary Flying Training was merged to form a school at RAF Topcliffe. In 1996, after taking on Army Air Corps training, the unit was renamed the Joint Elementary Flying Training School, in 2003, the RAF withdrew from the organisation, and the unit was renamed the Defence Elementary Flying Training School. At this time, the Royal Naval element was organised as 703 Naval Air Squadron,703 NAS trains about 60 Royal Navy pilots every year, until 2009 in the Slingsby Firefly, and since then in the Grob Tutor

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705 Naval Air Squadron
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705 Naval Air Squadron was first formed as a flight in 1936 from No 447 Flight Royal Air Force and operated Swordfish torpedo bombers from battlecruisers. It achieved squadron status in 1939 before being disbanded in 1940, the squadron was re-formed briefly in 1945 and then again in 1947 as a fleet requirements unit to evaluate naval use of helicopters. Since the 1950s the squadron has been involved in the training of helicopter aircrew. 705 Flight was formed from No 447 Flight Royal Air Force, the aircraft were equipped with floats so that they could be launched from the ships by catapult and then recovered from the water by crane. 705 achieved squadron status in 1939, early in World War II the squadron saw service protecting troop convoys and hunting raiders on the North America and West Indies Station. After disembarkation to RNAS Lee-on-Solent in 1939, the squadron was disbanded in 1940,705 Naval Air Squadron was briefly reformed in 1945 and carried out the role of torpedo training. In May 1947,705 Squadron was re-commissioned at RNAS Gosport with the Sikorsky Hoverfly element from 771 NAS, at first the squadron operated as a fleet requirements unit, and was responsible for the evaluation of the helicopter for use at sea. On 1 February 1947 Lieutenant K Reed carried out the first helicopter landing on a Royal Navy ship when he landed on HMS Vanguard off Portland. The squadron moved to RNAS Culdrose in 1957 where the marks of Hiller. These types were replaced in 1974 by the Westland Gazelle HT.2, between 1975 and 1992 the instructors of the squadron performed as the Sharks helicopter display team at up to 20 air displays every year both in the UK and abroad. In April 1997705 NAS disbanded and reformed at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire as part of the Defence Helicopter Flying School, within DHFS,705 Squadron provides basic and advanced single engined rotary wing flying training for all three services, as well as pilots from foreign and Commonwealth countries. Within this remit,705 Squadron teaches basic handling, Instrument Flying, medium and low level navigation, night flying, in addition to pure flying training,705 Squadron also provides a naval focus for naval officers operating within an otherwise joint service and largely civilian-run organisation

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727 Naval Air Squadron
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727 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It was formed in 1943 as a Fleet Requirements Unit, being disbanded in December 1944 and it was reformed twice in the 1940s and 1950s to provide flying experience for naval officers. The current squadron was created on 6 Dec 2001 from the Royal Naval Flying Training Flight,727 Naval Air Squadron was formed on 26 May 1943 at Gibraltar as a Fleet Requirements Unit covering the area from Bizerta to Algiers. The squadron was equipped with target-towing Boulton Paul Defiants, Fairey Swordfish, the squadron was disbanded on 7 December 1944. After World War II it was decided to provide air acquaint courses for junior Royal Navy,727 NAS was reformed on 23 April 1946 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent with gliders, Tiger Moths, Supermarine Seafires, North American Harvards and a Fairey Firefly. Disbanded on 17 January 1950, the squadron was reformed on 4 January 1956 as the Dartmouth Cadet Air Training Squadron, now operating from RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, the squadron flew Boulton Paul Sea Balliols, De Havilland Sea Vampire T22s and a Percival Sea Prince T.1. Two Westland Dragonfly helicopters were provided in September 1958, but the squadron was disbanded on 16 December 1960, since 1949 the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth has operated light aircraft for recreational flying, as well as running summer flying camps. Types flown have included De Havilland Tiger Moths, Auster and De Havilland Chipmunk, Miles Messenger and Miles Gemini aircraft were also introduced. After grading of potential aircrew was introduced, these aircraft were employed during the week for assessing future aircrew, by this time the aircraft were based at Roborough Airport, on the outskirts of Plymouth. By 1966 the flight had been stabilised at 12 Chipmunk aircraft, the squadron currently operates five Grob Tutor trainer aircraft under a private finance initiative with Babcock Internationals aerospace division. This, along with five Qualified Flying Instructors, allow up to ten students to be accommodated with the squadron at any time, serving officers are assessed for their suitability to continue flight training during a three-week stay with the squadron. During those weeks, he or she will fly eleven hours with an instructor before flying a pre-FHT with a different instructor, the squadron also undertakes many other roles, one of which is the Special Flying Award. This scheme is open to any member of the public who has expressed an interest in joining the Fleet Air Arm as aircrew and have put forward by their Careers Office. The course lasts for two weeks with the aim of 10 hours in the cockpit, there are also a number of Special Flying Awards organised for members of the URNU and the CCF. The squadron currently has just two full-time Naval personnel, the officer and the training officer. Babcock employs five civilian flying instructors under their contract to teach the students, the squadron is also supported by a number of ex-service QFIs from the RNR to instruct and two holdover student pilots who are between flying training courses bound for general duties. Maintenance of the Grob fleet is provided by a Babcock senior licensed engineer with three engineering support staff, an aircraft handler provides aircraft handling, refuelling and assistance to aircrew. The squadron moved from Plymouth Airport to RNAS Yeovilton in early 2007, following the departure of the last Sea Harrier squadron from RNAS Yeovilton in 2006

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736 Naval Air Squadron
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736 Naval Air Squadron is a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy. It was most recently recommissioned at RNAS Culdrose on 6 June 2013 to fly the BAE Systems Hawk T.1, following the disbandment of the Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit. The squadron was first formed at RNAS Yeovilton on 24 May 1943 as an air combat training squadron for naval aviators, between 1943 and 1952 the squadron operated several piston-engined aircraft including the Supermarine Seafire, Fairey Barracuda, Hawker Sea Fury and Fairey Firefly.7 jet aircraft. It was recommissioned at RNAS Lossiemouth in June 1953 as a squadron for Sea Vampire. In 1959 the squadron was equipped with Supermarine Scimitar F.1 aircraft under the command of Lieutenant Commander J. D. Baker, as Scimitars started to be phased out of first line servicing,736 Squadron was disbanded on 26 March 1965. 736 NAS reformed shortly afterwards with the Blackburn Buccaneer S.2, using aircraft, still based at RNAS Lossiemouth, from 1967 onwards the unit shared a pool of aircraft with 803 NAS, the Buccaneer HQ and weapons trials unit. With the decision to all the RNs Buccaneers to the RAF,736 NAS took on the extra task of training RAF crews. To cope with this, several Buccaneer S, after a few accidents due to engine problems the S. 1s were withdrawn from service in 1970. In 1971 the RAF stood up their own operational conversion unit to take over the training of both their own and the number of RN aircrews. 736 NAS was finally disbanded in early 1972 until it was recommissioned in 2013, now operating the Fleet Air Arms BAe Hawk T1/T1A twin-seat fast-jet aircraft, the squadron has replaced the Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit. Under the command of Lt Cdr Tim Flatman, the squadron is known as the Royal Navy Aggressor squadron, during 2014 the squadrons aircraft began to be re-painted in its new markings and the first aircraft to receive the new look was XX240. Since the squadron reformed it has taken part in exercises including Joint Warrior

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750 Naval Air Squadron
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From 1918 until 1939 the Royal Air Force was responsible for naval aviation, including training and provision of aircrew to the Royal Navy. With the return of naval aviation to the Royal Navy on 24 May 1939, during World War II the squadron moved to Trinidad to continue training aircrew. It was temporarily disbanded in October 1945, the squadron reformed in 1952 and is currently based at RNAS Culdrose, where it trains approximately 30 Royal Navy observers every year. The Royal Navy established HM Naval Seaplane Training School on 30 July 1917 at Lee-on-Solent, when the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps merged on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force, the school was renamed No.209 Training Depot. Although the school now concentrated on training, from 1925 all naval aircrew were provided by the RAF. During this period the training aircraft was the Fairey IIID. From 1932 Lee-on-Solent was provided with an airfield and became the headquarters of the RAFs Coastal Command. Observer training continued apace and the airfield was home to a range of naval aircraft including Fairey Seals, Hawker Ospreys, Blackburn Sharks, Supermarine Walruses. Telegraphist air gunners were trained at Lee-on-Solent in the years leading up to the Second World War. 750 Naval Air Squadron was formed at RNAS Ford on 24 May 1939 from the Royal Navy Observer School, changing title from a school to a squadron did not change its basic purpose, which was the training of observers for the Fleet Air Arm. The squadron initially flew Hawker Ospreys and Blackburn Sharks, but in November 1940 it moved to Piarco Savannah in Trinidad, on 15 January 1941,21 officers and 121 ratings from 749,750 and 752 squadrons sailed from Liverpool on SS Almeda Star bound for Trinidad. Two days later German submarine U-96 sank Almeda Star in heavy seas 35 miles north of Rockall, the squadron operated in Trinidad for the duration of World War II and was disbanded on 10 October 1945. The squadron reformed on 17 April 1952 at RNAS St Merryn, in 1955 the squadron changed its name to the Observer and Air Signal School. After discontinuing the training of air telegraphists, it changed again to the Observer School in May 1959, the squadron moved to Hal Far, Malta in October 1959, and in 1965 it was transferred again, this time to RNAS Lossiemouth. The last move came in 1972, back to RNAS Culdrose and these were replaced by the Jetstream T2 in 1978 and in 1992 the squadron became the first naval air squadron to achieve 50 unbroken years in commission. Formerly flying the T2 & T3 versions of the BAe Jetstream,750 NAS is tasked with providing Basic Flying Training for the Fleet Air Arms observers and this is conducted in classrooms as well as in the air and in a computer-controlled simulator. Upon completion of course they will be ready for advanced flying training. On completion of flying training observers can serve in Westland Sea King, the Squadron operates four commercially owned but military-registered aircraft, employing a mixture of military and civilian personnel to achieve the instructional task

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814 Naval Air Squadron
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814 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It was formed in December 1938 and has disbanded and reformed several times. Its nickname is the Flying Tigers, not to be confused with the American Volunteer squadron of WWII, the squadron was formed on December 1938 as a Torpedo plane Squadron equipped with six Fairey Swordfish aircraft. Originally embarked on HMS Ark Royal, it transferred to HMS Hermes at the outbreak of the Second World War, HMS Hermes helped search for the Graf Spee and taking part in the Battle of Dakar, damaging the French battleship Richelieu on 8 July 1940. HMS Hermes travelled to the Indian Ocean December 1940, providing support for the forces in British Somaliland. In May 1941 the squadron provided support to the Royal Air Force in Iraq, in April 1942, while the squadron was ashore, HMS Hermes was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon and 814 subsequently disbanded at Katukurunda in December. The squadron was reformed in July 1944, equipped with Fairey Barracudas, to embark on HMS Venerable and headed to the Far East for patrols, although seeing no action. In 1960 the Squadron was equipped with its first helicopter, the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, the Wessex HAS.3 was introduced in 1967, giving the squadron its first radar-equipped helicopter. During this time, the squadron was embarked on HMS Victorious and it was disbanded in July 1970. The Sea King HAS.2 was introduced in 1977, becoming the first Royal Navy Squadron to be fitted with sonar equipment. The squadron arrived at RNAS Culdrose on 9 April 1976, in August 1982 the squadron embarked on HMS Illustrious for South Atlantic patrols. It was upgraded to the Sea King HAS.6 on October 1990, embarking onboard HMS Invincible for the Gulf, Bosnia and it was disbanded on December 2000. It was reformed again in October 2001 equipped with the Merlin HM.1, training is performed by 824 NAS. It has seen operational service aboard HMS Illustrious, Operation Telic in Iraq, in 2012 it was involved in Exercise Joint Warrior off the coast of Scotland again with HMS Illustrious. 814 NAS alternates duties with 820 NAS, during 2014 the Merlin HM.1 was replaced by the Merlin HM.2. In the future, it will merge with 829 NAS in 2018, the Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm

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815 Naval Air Squadron
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815 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, part of the Royal Navy. The squadron is based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, United Kingdom. It currently comprises Westland Lynx Helicopter Maritime Attack Mk8s and AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA. 2s helicopters and it is the largest helicopter squadron in western Europe. The squadron disbanded in November 1939, but reformed the same month however, in May 1940 the squadron provided support to the Dunkirk evacuation. In June 1940, the squadron embarked on HMS Illustrious and sailed for the Mediterranean in August, attacking and minelaying Benghazi, Rhodes, the squadron gained early fame with its involvement in the Battle of Taranto in 1940. The battle consisted of a raid on the Italian Battlefleet in harbour at Taranto which redefined the use of air power from the sea, during the battle only one squadron aircraft was lost, compared to the crippling of half the Italian Fleet. In March 1941, the squadron was again involved in a major battle of the Second World War at the Battle of Cape Matapan. The squadron re-equipped in August 1941 with a mixture of Swordfish and Fairey Albacore aircraft, in July 1943,815 Squadron was assigned to No.201 Group with a detachment of Swordfish assigned to AHQ Malta. Both units participated in Operation Husky on 10 July,1943, the squadron then was transferred to the Far East aboard HMS Smiter, but saw no action before VJ-Day, and returned to the UK in September 1945 aboard HMS Fencer. In September 1958, the reformed and the first helicopters arrived in the form of the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7. The squadron eventually disbanded here on August 1959, by being renumbered to 737 Squadron, the squadron reformed again on 8 September,1959, still on with Whirlwinds. After a Far East tour on HMS Albion, it disbanded again in December 1960, on July 4,1961, the Squadron recommissioned at RNAS Culdrose with the Westland Wessex HAS.1. The squadron embarked on HMS Ark Royal in November 1961, moving to HMS Centaur in 1964 and provided support against disturbances in Aden, after a final deployment on HMS Ark Royal, the unit disbanded at RNAS Culdrose in October 1966. In January 1981, after a gap of some 15 years and it then moved to RNAS Portland in 1982 and it saw action during the Falklands War of 1982. The flights were shared with 829 Naval Air Squadron until they were amalgamated in 1993 when they became the largest helicopter squadron in the world at the time. In 1998/9 after an absence of nearly 17 years, the unit moved back to RNAS Yeovilton, several of the Lynx Helicopters are stated as part of the Response Force Task Group. In November 2012, the Lynx of 217 Flight deployed to the Horn of Africa for four months on board the French frigate Surcouf, the first extended deployment of a British helicopter on a French warship. The squadron began reequipping with AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA.2 from 19 April 2016, the squadron is currently composed of a Headquarters and approximately 8 Small Ships Flights

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820 Naval Air Squadron
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820 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in April 1933 with the transferral of the Fairey III aircraft from 405 Flight Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm. It has operated, with a number of gaps, up to the present day and continues in service. The squadrons first assignment on its formation was to carry out duties for the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. They were later re-equipped with Fairey Seals and Blackburn Sharks, eventually receiving Fairey Swordfish in autumn 1937, the squadron was reassigned in November the following year to the new aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. The squadron operated from Ark Royal for the three years, initially on anti-submarine duties, but later as surface search and torpedo-attack aircraft. The squadron went with Ark Royal to the Atlantic, and by April 1940 they were supporting Allied operations during the Norwegian campaign, after the withdrawal from Norway, Ark Royal and the squadron moved to the Mediterranean in June. Aircraft from 820 squadron were involved in attacking the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir and they were also active during the Battle of Cape Spartivento, as well as covering convoys to Malta. 820 Squadrons next major engagement was the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck, aircraft from the Squadron were able to disable Bismarck’s steering gear with a torpedo hit, allowing Bismarck to be engaged and sunk. In June 1941 the squadron left Ark Royal, and in November that year returned to Iceland aboard HMS Victorious, the Swordfish were then replaced with Fairey Albacores. 820 Squadron then embarked aboard HMS Formidable in February 1942, the squadron was then active in the Battle of Madagascar, followed by Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa. During these operations, aircraft from the squadron sank U-331, which had sunk the battleship HMS Barham. Formidable and the squadron remained in the Mediterranean to provide support for the Allied landings at Sicily, the squadron then returned to the UK in November 1943 and disbanded at RNAS Donibristle. The squadron was quickly reformed however, and equipped with 12 Fairey Barracudas was initially based at RNAS Lee-on-Solent as a torpedo bomber/reconnaissance squadron, the operations failed to cause significant damage to Tirpitz. The squadron was re-equipped with 21 Grumman Avengers in September 1944 and they sailed to Ceylon where 820 squadron joined No 2 Strike Wing, which also consisted of 849 Squadron. The Wing attacked the oil refineries at Palembang, Sumatra in January 1945 as part of Operation Meridian, following this up with later strikes on the Sakashima Gunto islands. As the war in the Pacific moved closer to Japan 820 Squadron was assigned to the 7th Carrier Air Group, after the end of the war, Indefatigable remained in the Pacific for some time, finally returning to the UK in March 1946. 820 Squadron was then disbanded again, the squadron was re-formed five years later in July 1951, this time flying the Fairey Firefly. The squadron was embarked aboard the carriers HMS Indomitable and HMS Theseus during 1952 and 1953

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824 Naval Air Squadron
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The squadron was originally formed on 3 April 1933 as a Spotter Reconnaissance squadron. During World War II, the squadron carried out duties, such as convoy protection, bombing raids, spotting for gunnery bombardments. It was disbanded 10 times between 1934 and 1970, in time it was equipped with the Fairey Seal, Fairey Swordfish, Fairey Barracuda. The squadron participated in the Falklands War, later responsible for trials of the Sea King helicopter, the squadron again disbanded in August 1989 and its aircraft were transferred to 819 Naval Air Squadron at Prestwick. 824 Naval Air Squadron reformed on 2 June 2000 at RNAS Culdrose and it trains Pilots, Observers and Aircrewman on the Merlin HM.1 helicopter in Anti-Submarine Warfare and Search and Rescue. Once trained the aircrew go to one of the front line Merlin squadrons 814 NAS,820 NAS,829 NAS, in January 2013824 NAS received its first new HM.2 Merlin aircraft with the squadron fully converted by the end of 2013

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825 Naval Air Squadron
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825 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Naval Air Squadron which was re-commissioned on 10 October 2014 and currently flies the AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA.2. It was a squadron that was formed on 8 October 1934 from the aircraft. The squadron also saw action in conflicts, including the Korean War. 825 Squadrons first assignment after commissioning was to board HMS Eagle for service on the China Station and this was short-lived, and by January 1935 both the squadron and the carrier were in the Mediterranean. The squadron was transferred to Hal Far, Malta in March, HMS Glorious replaced Eagle, and the squadron alternated its time between the carrier and the aerodrome at Hal Far. They returned briefly to the UK in May 1937 to attend the Coronation Fleet Review, before retaking their station in the Mediterranean, and were transferred to Admiralty control on 24 May 1939. With the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939,825 Squadron embarked on HMS Glorious at Dekheila, Egypt and headed into the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea to search for enemy shipping. They carried out these duties throughout the rest of 1939, returning the Mediterranean in January 1940, the squadron re-embarked on Glorious in March and sailed to Britain to defend Norway after the German invasion. On their arrival, they disembarked at RNAS Prestwick, the depleted squadron was brought up to nine aircraft in July 1940 and embarked aboard HMS Furious. They then operated off the Norwegian coast in September, carrying out attacks on Trondheim. After the British withdrawal, the squadron remained aboard Furious, and they joined HMS Victorious in May 1941, and took part in the Home Fleets hunt for the battleship Bismarck. After sighting Bismarck on 24 May, aircraft from the carried out an attack on 25 May. Another series of attacks by Fairey Swordfish of 810 and 818 Naval Air Squadrons flying from HMS Ark Royal the following day succeeded in disabling Bismarcks steering gear and she was subsequently engaged by ships of the Home Fleet and sank on 27 May. The squadron embarked on HMS Ark Royal in June 1941 to provide cover for the Malta Convoys, aircraft of 825 Squadron carried out raids on targets in Pantellaria, Sardinia and Sicily in September. A number of the aircraft were lost in the sinking of Ark Royal on 14 October. The remainder flew to Gibraltar, where the squadron was disbanded and it was re-formed with Fairey Swordfish at RNAS Lee-on-Solent in January 1942, and tasked with a torpedo bomber reconnaissance duties. Six of the aircraft flew off from RAF Manston to attack Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The attacking aircraft failed to score any hits, and all six were lost, the Commanding Officer—Eugene Esmonde—was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross

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845 Naval Air Squadron
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845 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm. In 2012, the squadron celebrated 50 years since it was awarded commando status, the squadron is based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset. The primary role of the squadron is in supporting Royal Marines Commando troops in amphibious assaults,845 NAS formed on 1 January 1943 as a Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron flying the new Grumman Avenger, designed as a much needed replacement for the ageing Fairey Swordfish. The squadron took part in its first active service by dive bombing an oil refinery at Surabaya, Java, for the following year, the squadron saw action over Malaya, Ceylon, and Sumatra before being disbanded in 1945. 845 reformed on 15 March 1955 at Gosport to be an Anti Submarine unit flying the newly proved Westland Whirlwind HAS. 22s, with which it saw service on ships in the Mediterranean. Its job was to prove the new technology and the navigational reliability of the Whirlwind. After returning to the UK, the squadron was disbanded briefly in October before being reformed on 14 November 1955, in April 1956, the squadron deployed on HMS Ocean and HMS Theseus to partake in the fleet review and various training exercises. Much training was conducted with the Royal Marines in the vicinity of Malta, although politically a failure, militarily, and particularly for the Navy, the Suez episode was a huge success. 845 NAS were involved in landing 515 Marines and 89 tons of equipment in history’s ‘first vertical assault’, several aircraft were damaged from small arms fire, with one ditching on the way back to HMS Theseus. The lessons of the Suez Crisis were not lost on the Government, the backbone of these forces would be helicopters operating from large ships designed for amphibious warfare. Having re-equipped with Whirlwind HAS. 7’s, the squadron joined HMS Bulwark for a commission in the Middle, during this time, the squadron was involved in various exercises and troop moves as a result of the deteriorating situation in Aden. Shortly after this, the squadron was involved in a salvage operation when two ships collided and caught fire in the Persian Gulf. A fire party was boarded and the wounded evacuated in 845 NAS helicopters, for its part in this long and difficult operation, the squadron was awarded the Boyd Trophy for the Navy’s most outstanding piece of aviation in the year. During the 1950s,845 NAS was the squadron to operate as a front line ASW unit and was responsible for developing most of the doctrine used by today’s ASW squadrons. After disbanding yet again in mid-1959, the squadron was reformed on 10 April 1962 as a Commando Helicopter Squadron with Westland Wessex HAS. 1s and it was the first commando squadron to have these helicopters. While embarked aboard HMS Albion later that year, the ship was ordered to make best speed for Singapore to help quell the rebellion in Brunei, troops were landed in Borneo and the squadron was immediately committed to supporting British Forces ashore. They alone facilitated troops in being able to patrol vast areas of the jungle while operating from the most basic of clearings, in 1964, the squadron won the Boyd Trophy for a second time as a result of this operation, and the nickname ‘Junglies’ was born. After being relieved in 1965 by 848 Squadron,845 returned to Culdrose to re-equip with the new twin-turbine Wessex HU.5, B Flight of 845 returned to Borneo in June 1966 and were the last Junglies, HMS Bulwark embarked B Flight in October 1966 in Labuan

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846 Naval Air Squadron
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846 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm. Based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset,846 NAS stood down in the summer of 2013 and its personnel, buildings and it was equipped with 12 Grumman Avenger I torpedo bombers. Two months later the squadron embarked on the escort carrier HMS Ravager and was transferred to the UK, before being assigned to HMS Tracker in January 1944, four Grumman Wildcat V fighters were added to 846 NAS. HMS Tracker was first assigned to convoys going to Gibraltar, then to Murmansk, on the latter voyage, aircraft from 846 NAS attacked eight German U-Boats. A month later 846 NAS was assigned to HMS Trumpeter, mainly laying mines off Norway until September 1944, in December a detachment was formed and transferred to HMS Premier for a few days. The remainder of 846 NAS operated from HMS Trumpeter or RNAS Hatston in Orkney up to May 1945, on May 4,1945 twelve Avenger and four Wildcat aircraft of the squadron took part in Operation Judgement, Kilbotn, the last air-raid of the war in Europe. The fighter flight was disbanded after the end of hostilities in Europe,846 NAS was then assigned to the 4th Carrier Group and should deploy to the Far East aboard the fleet carrier HMS Illustrious. However, a change of plans led to the becoming an trials unit. It was renumbered 751 NAS and was disbanded at Machrihanish, in September 1945,846 NAS was reformed in 1962 as a Commando squadron equipped with the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7. It was deployed to Borneo aboard the commando carrier HMS Albion, British Army units gave 846 NAS the nickname Junglies in Borneo, which the squadron has kept until today. After returning for the Far East,846 NAS was disbanded again and this time the squadron was equipped with the Westland Wessex HU.5. The squadron deployed aboard the dock-landing ship HMS Fearless and conducted cold weather trials in Norway, in May 1972, the squadron was relocated to RNAS Yeovilton as the Wessex Headquarters and Trials Squadron. In February 1979 the squadron was deployed aboard the commando carrier HMS Bulwark, in December of the same year 846 NAS started to convert to the Westland Sea King HC.4. In April 1982,846 NAS embarked aboard the carrier HMS Hermes as part of the Royal Navy task force in the Falklands War. During the war 846 NAS Sea King’s flew over 2800 hours, completed 10,000 individual troop moves, in 1983, detachments were deployed aboard the carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible. The squadron was awarded the Boyd Trophy for these operations, in 1990,846 NAS took part in the Gulf War. In six weeks the squadron flew a total of 1200 hours in support of Allied ground forces, after the end of hostilities the squadron moved to northern Iraq to assist with humanitarian relief for the Kurds. In January 1993,846 NAS was deployed until March aboard the carrier HMS Ark Royal to the Adriatic as part of UN operations in Yugoslavia, shortly after returning to the UK the squadron was deployed to Northern Ireland to replace 707 NAS to provide support to security forces

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847 Naval Air Squadron
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847 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It operates AgustaWestland Wildcat AH.1 helicopters and provides armed reconnaissance, along with 845,846 and 848 naval air squadrons, it forms part of the Commando Helicopter Force. The squadron was re-formed from 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron on 1 September 1995, the unit is based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, a Royal Naval establishment, with helicopters drawn from an Army Air Corps pool and flown by Royal Marines and Royal Navy aircrews. 847 Naval Air Squadron was first formed at Lee-on-Solent on 1 June 1943, after working up, the squadron deployed aboard the aircraft carrier Illustrious in November 1943. Illustrious sailed for the Indian Ocean at the end of December, on 19 April 1944, the squadron took part in Operation Cockpit, a raid by aircraft from Illustrious and the American carrier Saratoga against Sabang. The squadron reformed at RNAS Eglinton, near Derry in Northern Ireland, on 17 March 1956 and it deployed to Nicosia in Cyprus on 8 April, with the role of carrying patrols to stop ships smuggling arms to insurgents during the Cyprus Emergency. The squadron received newer Gannet A. S. 4s in June 1958, the squadron reformed again at RNAS Culdrose in the Commando role, equipped with Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopters. It was based at Sembawang in Singapore from April 1964, briefly supplementing its Whirlwinds by a single Hiller Raven light helicopter in June, but disbanded inon 2 December that year. The squadron reformed at Sembawang on 14 March 1969, being split off from 848 Naval Air Squadron, the squadron operated both from shore and aboard ship, with detachments flying from the amphibious assault ships Fearless and Intrepid and the landing ship Sir Galahad amongst others. In November 1970, the squadron, operating from Intrepid and Triumph, took part in relief efforts following flooding in East Pakistan, the squadron stood down on 22 May 1971. 847 Naval Air Squadron was reformed to take part in the Falklands campaign on 4 May 1982, the aircraft were transported from the United Kingdom to the South Atlantic aboard RFA Engadine and the container vessel Atlantic Causeway. Atlantic Causeway disembarked 12 Wessexes of 847 NAS on 1 June 1982, after the surrender of Argentine forces on the Falklands on 14 June,847 NAS relocated to Navy Point, a headland directly north of Port Stanley. 847 NAS remained in the Falklands until September 1982, providing air support to UK Forces, the squadron was disbanded on 24 September 1982.7 and Westland Gazelle AH.1 helicopters. The squadron has been active in Sierra Leone and in Kosovo, the most significant deployment of recent years was to Operation Telic in Iraq in which it participated in the Battle of Basra. On 6 May 2006, one of the squadrons Lynxes, XZ614, was shot down over Basra in Iraq, by a surface-to-air missile and this was the first British helicopter and only the second British aircraft downed due to enemy fire, in the war. At the crash scene, British troops reportedly encountered rioting Iraqi civilians and were fired on by militia, the crash led to a review of the vulnerability of helicopter transports in southern Iraq. In 2005, the Gazelle reconnaissance helicopter was retired from service with the squadron, later, the Lynx AH. 7s were replaced with the Lynx AH. 9A variant, by the unit between May 2011 and Summer 2012. From September 2008 the unit was deployed to Camp Bastion as part of Operation Herrick for a 7-month deployment supporting troops on the ground, the unit returned in January 2011 for 5 months and again during January 2013 for 5 months

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849 Naval Air Squadron
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849 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, the Air Arm of the British Royal Navy. It was formed during the Second World War as a carrier based torpedo-bomber, unit,849 Naval Air Squadron was formed on 1 August 1943 at the Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island with Grumman Avenger Is. It returned to the UK and provided anti-surface vessel and anti-submarine patrols over the English Channel prior to, in August 1944, it was sent to Ceylon to join the British Eastern Fleet, embarking on HMS Victorious. It disbanded on 31 October 1945 and these were operated by squadron detachments assigned to the Royal Navys aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal, Bulwark, Eagle, Hermes and Victorious. Following the retirement of the Skyraiders in December 1960, the unit flew the Fairey Gannet AEW.3 in the role, operating from HMS Eagle, Ark Royal, Centaur, Hermes. Gannet AS.4, COD.4 and T. 5s were also operated in supporting roles, the squadron detachments continued as 849B and 849HQ, until the squadron disbanded again on 15 December 1978. In November 1970 Bristol Belle, one of the first hot air balloons to fly in UK, was piloted by Lt Terry Adams and this early morning launch carried mail into Malta whilst the Ark Royal was steaming off the southern coast of that island. The squadron has its headquarters at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall and operates 9 aircraft and it is divided into three elements - two flights, or Aardvarks and Bees and the Operational Conversion Unit. Historically a Flight is assigned to each of the two aircraft carriers in the Royal Navy but this system is currently changing. The squadron suffered heavy losses during the 2003 invasion of Iraq when two of its aircraft operating from HMS Ark Royal collided during low visibility conditions, six squadron members and an American exchange officer were killed in the collision. On 13 December 2006, after a ceremony at RNAS Culdrose, A Flight became 854 Squadron and B Flight became 857 Squadron. In May 2014, the MOD announced that seven ASaC,854 and 857 Naval Air Squadrons will be reabsorbed by 849 Naval Air Squadron in 2015, to form Normandy and Palembang flights respectively. The third flight in 849 NAS is Okinawa Flight

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702 Naval Air Squadron
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702 Naval Air Squadron was a naval squadron of the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm. It was based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset,702 NAS was founded on 15 July 1936 to operate aircraft from the ships of the 2nd Battle Squadron. Operating Supermarine Walrus and Fairey Seal aircraft from its base at RAF Mount Batten initially, in 1949 the squadron reformed at RNAS Culdrose as the Naval Jet Evaluation Training Unit. The squadron was renumbered as 738 Naval Air Squadron in 1952,702 was reformed in 1978 and has since operated the Westland Lynx HAS2, HAS3 and HMA8. The squadron is tasked to provide training and maintenance personnel for the Maritime Lynx. In 1981 these roles were split and the parenting duty became the charge of 815 Naval Air Squadron, the following year both squadrons relocated to RNAS Portland for a period of eighteen years before returning to its current location of RNAS Yeovilton in 1999. 702 NAS disbanded at a ceremony held at the Royal Naval Air Station YEOVILTON on 1 August 2014 and its aircraft transferred to 815 NAS and its personnel transferred to either 815 NAS or 825 NAS

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706 Naval Air Squadron
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706 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm. The squadron was formed in the UK in January 1945 and sailed for Australia where it was commissioned on 10 April 1945 at RNAS Schofields near Schofields. In late August, following the surrender of Japan, the unit was transferred to a base at Maryborough, Queensland, in January 1946 the unit returned to Schofields, and was disbanded on 31 May 1946. The squadron was reformed at RNAS Gosport on 7 September 1953 flying the Westland Whirlwind HAS.22 ASW helicopter, in October 1953 it moved to Northern Ireland, firstly to RNAS Sydenham near Belfast, then in February 1954 to RNAS Eglinton, being occasionally based aboard HMS Perseus. The squadron was disbanded on 1 March 1954, and its aircraft were transferred to 845 Naval Air Squadron, in January 1962 the squadron was reformed for a second time as a helicopter training unit at RNAS Culdrose flying the Westland Wessex HAS.1. In November 1964 the squadron received Westland Wasp HAS. 1s for advanced training, in January 1970 it converted to the Westland Sea King HAS.1, and in February 1975 Wasp training was transferred to 703 Squadron. From February 1978 until April 1993 it was administrative host for the Royal Air Forces Sea King Training Unit, the Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm

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711 Naval Air Squadron
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711 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm. The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm

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723 Squadron RAN
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723 Squadron is a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron. The squadron was first raised in 1952 and throughout its history has served operationally during the Vietnam War and it currently operates as a helicopter training squadron and is based at HMAS Albatross at Nowra, New South Wales. 723 Squadron was first commissioned into the RAN on 7 April 1952 and was equipped with one Dakota, one Wirraway, one Sea Otter and two Sea Fury aircraft. During the Vietnam War, personnel from the squadron operated as part of the Experimental Military Unit, during the squadrons history, the battle honours Vietnam 1967–71, Kuwait 1991, and East Timor 1999 have been earned. 723 is currently active as a training squadron equipped with 13 Aerospatiale AS 350BA Ecureuil. The Squadron is based at HMAS Albatross, the Squirrels are used for conversion training all pilots, observers and aircrew from fixed wing to rotary wing aircraft. The Bell 429 joined the Squadron in 2012 on lease from Raytheon Australia and are used for multi engine training for pilots moving onto other aircraft such as the S-70B-2 Seahawk, Aerospatiale AS 350BA Ecureuil – training Bell 429 - training, search and rescue, medevac and personnel transport

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724 Squadron RAN
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724 Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm flying squadron. The squadron was formed for the first time in 1945 and was last disbanded in 1984,724 Squadron was first formed on 10 April 1945 as a Royal Navy naval air communications unit. The squadron made daily flights between Sydney and Melbourne until 31 May 1946 when it was disbanded,724 Squadron was recommissioned as an Australia unit on 1 June 1955 at the Royal Australian Navys main air station HMAS Albatross. The squadrons role was to carry out fixed-wing conversion training and it was equipped with Wirraway, Sea Fury and Firefly propeller-driven aircraft. The squadrons role changed in October 1956 when it absorbed most of the decommissioned 723 Squadrons Sea Venom and Gannet aircraft, as part of this change 724 Squadrons Wirraways, Sea Furies and Fireflys were transferred to other units. In its new role the squadron provided Sea Venom and Gannet operational training on board the RANs only aircraft carrier, three 724 Squadron pilots were killed during separate flying accidents during 1956. 724 Squadrons make-up continued to change in 1957 and 1958, the Sycamores were transferred back to the recommissioned 723 Squadron in early 1957 and the Gannets moved to 725 Squadron during 1958. This left 724 Squadron equipped with Sea Vampires and Sea Venoms, in 1959 the squadron formed an aerobatic team called the Ramjets which was equipped with Sea Venoms and performed at air shows across Australia. The squadrons role and aircraft inventory expanded during the early 1960s as the RAN wound-down its fixed-wing aircraft operations,724 Squadron absorbed 725 Squadron in June 1961 and 805 Squadron and 723 Squadron in June and November 1963 respectively. As a result of changes the squadrons aircraft complement eventually included Sea Venoms, Gannets, Vampires, Fireflies, Dakotas. Between 1963 and 1968724 Squadron and 816 Squadron were the only FAA squadrons operating fixed-wing aircraft, during this time the squadrons roles included all-weather fighter, anti-submarine warfare and operational flying training along with fleet support, trials and communications tasks. 724 Squadron became an all-jet conversion training squadron again in December 1968 and was equipped with two-seat trainer variants of the new A-4G Skyhawks, Vampires, the Vampires and Venoms were replaced by new MB-326 Macchi trainers between 1970 and 1972. Despite its rating as a training unit,724 Squadron participated in some fleet exercises. The squadrons Skyhawks were also used in a new team called the Checkmates. In June 1982 HMAS Melbourne was decommissioned without being replaced, as a result, the RANs fixed-wing aircraft squadrons were rapidly decommissioned. 724 Squadron absorbed 805 Squadrons Skyhawks in July 1982 and transferred its Macchis to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1983, the squadron was decommissioned at HMAS Albatross on 30 June 1984 and its Skyhawks were later sold to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The Checkmates were a team operated by 805 Sqn which was the front line Skyhawk sqn. Aircraft on this team at one stage sported a chess knight logo on the tailfin instead of the red/white check pattern, (The aircraft of 724 sported a similar pattern but in blue/yellow Eather, Steve

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725 Squadron RAN
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725 Squadron is a naval aviation squadron of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm. The squadron was created in August 1943 as part of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. It initially served as a fleet requirements unit, was rerolled in August 1945 as a target towing unit, in January 1958, the squadron was re-formed, as a fleet requirements and communications unit of the RAN, operating a variety of fixed-wing aircraft. The squadron was redesignated as an anti-submarine warfare training squadron in May 1959, then was decommissioned in May 1961,725 Squadron was recommissioned in November 1962 as an operational anti-submarine helicopter squadron, flying the Westland Wessex. The squadron was decommissioned in December 1975,725 Squadron was formed on 27 August 1943 as a fleet requirements unit of the Royal Navy. It became an air target towing squadron in August 1945 and was disbanded in December of that year,725 Squadron was re-formed as a Royal Australian Navy fleet requirements and communications unit at HMAS Albatross on 13 January 1958. The squadron was equipped with C47 Dakota, Auster Autocar, Hawker Sea Fury, Fairey Firefly and Fairey Gannet aircraft. The squadron was redesignated a training squadron in May 1959. These duties continued until 31 May 1961 when 725 Squadron was disbanded and absorbed into 724 Squadron,725 Squadron was reformed as an operational anti-submarine squadron equipped with Westland Wessex helicopters on 1 November 1962. The squadron also participated in the search and rescue efforts which followed the collision between HMA Ships Melbourne and Voyager in February 1964, helicopters from the squadron also took part in Operation Navy Help Darwin, the relief effort after Cyclone Tracy destroyed much of Darwin in December 1974. 725 Squadron was disbanded at HMAS Albatross on 27 December 1975, on 13 December 2012 the Australian Government announced that 725 Squadron will be re-raised as a training unit operating MH-60R Seahawk Romeo helicopters. In this role it will train aircrew for subsequent service with 816 Squadron, the first two Romeos were delivered to the squadron on 12 December 2013. In December 2014, the squadron was relocated to naval air station HMAS Albatross,725 Squadron was recommissioned into the RAN at Albatross on 11 June 2015. 725 Squadron was awarded the battle honour Vietnam 1967 for its service during the Vietnam War